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It makes me very happy to know that baby Tom has so many kind Friends who will love and protect him always.
Mr. Brooks once told me that love was the most beautiful thing in the world, and now I am sure it is, for nothing but love could brighten Tommy’s whole life. I think we ought to love those who are weak and helpless even more tenderly than we do others who are strong and beautiful.
Victory Parade in Paris, 14 July 1919

Parades are a Memorial Day tradition in the United States, and celebratory military parades were marched to mark the end of wars in the past. This aerial view of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris shows the crowds and marchers during a victory parade celebrating the end of World War I, known then as The Great War.

The streets are lined with flags and viewing crowds. The long line of marchers in the front, the central file, are a military band. Use the link below to zoom in on the image to find police officers on bicycles, drummers at the front of the parade, viewers on rooftops, and many equestrians in the bottom left.

Stop by to Explore Part Two of
Our Favorite Things Exhibition

One of the items on display is the watercolor painting, “Mess Hall, Bathroom, Barracks. Japanese Relocation Center. Heart Mt. Wyoming.” by Estelle Ishigo. It depicts the Heart Mountain Relocation Center, one of ten internment camps for Japanese Americans during World War II. Ishigo was recruited as a “Documentary Reporter” for the War Relocation Authority, and she recorded the internment experience in illustrations, line drawings, and oil and watercolor paintings. View this watercolor and learn why several staff members chose it as one of their favorite things.

Gallery Hours at 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, MA
Monday, and Wednesday through Friday, from 10:00 AM to 4:45 PM
Tuesday from 10:00 AM to 7:45 PM
Saturday from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Please note: the last admission will be 45 minutes prior to closing. Check our online calendar for building closures.

June events will be a mix of virtual and hybrid. Please be sure to register which way you will attend.
Public Faces, Secret Lives: A Queer History of the Women’s Suffrage Movement

On Wednesday, 1 June, at 6:00 PM, Wendy Rouse, San Jose State University, presents Public Faces, Secret Lies: A Queer History of the Women’s Suffrage Movement.

In Public Faces, Secret Lives, Wendy L. Rouse reveals that the suffrage movement included individuals who represented a range of genders and sexualities. However, owing to the constant pressure to present a “respectable” public image, suffrage leaders publicly conformed to gendered views of ideal womanhood in order to make women’s suffrage more palatable to the public. Rouse argues that queer suffragists did take meaningful action to assert their identities and legacies by challenging traditional concepts of domesticity, family, space, and death in both subtly subversive and radically transformative ways. Queer suffragists also built lasting alliances and developed innovative strategies in order to protect their most intimate relationships, ones that were ultimately crucial to the success of the suffrage movement.

This is a virtual event.

Hidden in Plain Sight: Remembering Queer Nightlife

On Monday, 6 June, at 6:00 PM, Danny Harris, Elite’s Gay Club; Jackson Davidow, Tufts University; Georden West, Emerson College; and Indee Mitchell, co-director, Last Call, present Hidden in Plain Sight: Remembering Queer Nightlife.

Throughout history, LGBTQ+ clubs, meeting places, and social areas have rarely been landmarked or turned into a museum. House museums that were once homes to Queer residents can pose difficult questions about the interpretation if the former residents were not public about their identity in their lifetime. Many important sites in Queer history simply don’t exist anymore; clubs have closed, publications have shut down, and buildings have been razed or radically altered; but these are still spaces that exist in the history and memory of the Queer community. Panelists will discuss their memories of Queer nightlife in Boston, as well as the ways they have used artistic mediums to bring these spaces back to life.

This is a hybrid event. The program will begin at 6:00. 

Visit www.masshist.org/events for updates, cancellations, and to register.

On Thursday, 9 June, at 6:00 PM, Karen Weintraub, USA Today, and Michael Kuchta, Harvard University, present Born in Cambridge: 400 Years of Ideas and Innovators. This is a hybrid event.

On Saturday, 11 June, at 2:00 PM, Anthea Hartig, Smithsonians National Museum of American History; Louise Mirrer, New York Historical Society; and Catherine Allgor, MHS, present Annual Fiori Lecture: Old Institutions, New Things. This is a hybrid event.

On Monday, 13 June, at 6:00 PM, Laura F. Edwards, Princeton University, presents Only the Clothes on Her Back: Clothing & the Hidden History of Power in the 19th Century. This is a hybrid event.

On Tuesday, 14 June, at 6:00 PM, Mark Arsenault presents The Imposter’s War: The Press, Propaganda and the Newsman Who Battled for the Minds of America. This is a hybrid event.

On Monday, 20 June, at 6:00 PM, Robert Gross, University of Connecticut; John Brooke, Ohio State University; David Waldstreicher, City University of New York; and Christine Heyrman, University of Delaware, present Reflecting on the Work of Robert Gross. This is a hybrid event.

On Wednesday, 22 June, at 6:00 PM, Peter Drummey, MHS, presents Film Club: The Thomas Crown Affair. This is a virtual event.

On Wednesday, 29 June, at 6:00 PM, Tripp Evans, Wheaton College; Heather White, Harvard Divinity School; and Jen Manion, Amherst College, present Hidden in Plain Sight: Documenting Queer Stories in Archives. This is a hybrid event.

2022 Conrad E. Wright Conference
From 14 to 16 July, Underrepresented Voices of the American Revolution. Registration now open!
Interested in Viewing Past Programs?
If you missed a program or would like to revisit the material presented, please visit www.masshist.org/video or our YouTube channel. A selection of past programs is just a click away.

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Tuesday from 10:00 AM to 7:45 PM
Saturday from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM

Please note that the last admission for exhibition visitors will be 45 minutes prior to closing.

An advanced appointment is strongly encouraged for all researchers. Please visit our Appointment Request Form to select your preferred visit dates.

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